Waldo

No offense made to Color Gaurd...lol was speaking in reference to music... :P

Very Old Argument...LOL Very simple really. Woodwinds+Percussion+Horns=Marching Band Percussion+Brass=Drum Corps. Period. Thank you

Thank you sooo much for filling in that she got to the field in time....i'm so happy. Congratulations on your championship!!!

I wanted to share an amazing experience I witnessed at The Rose Bowl saturday night. I am a volunteer with The Boston Crusaders and had the fantastic privledge to go onto the field with my corps. at retreat. AWESOME! But thats not the story... Another volunteer and I decided to leave the field just before America/O Canada as to avoid the mass exodus of the corps retreating, so we headed out the backfield tunnel. Way up at the start of the tunnel I could see two figures slowly making their way into the tunnel towards the field. As we got a bit closer i could see that one of them was limping very badly. After they made it about a third of the way into the tunnel the person helping the limping one turned and ran out of the tunnel and the limping person made it very unsteadily to the wall, she was obviously in tremendous pain. My friend and I ran over and to her and asked if she needed any help and if her escort was returning. She said " Yes, he went to get my Horn". The girl was a Blue Devil and, by the beautiful flower pinned to her chest, an age-out. Tears were streaming down her face and she turned to us and asked "Did I miss It?....what was the score?".. My heart broke.. I said to her "BD achieved a 98.0" and added as I brushed the tears from her cheek "Congratulations, You are a champion." She burst into tears. A moment later her friend returned with her horn and her shako and started to make their way slowly towards the field. I watched them go. Her hero was wearing a member jacket from the Mandarins.The image was beautiful and awe inspiring. A wonderful friend helping a badly injured champion to the field, the corps and the crowd as their backdrop. I can only hope she made it onfield in time to play the anthem and BD's much deserved encore. This is what i will take away from another wonderful season of drum corps. CHEERS!